Hypsometer - what is it?

A Hypsometer - A tree height measurement tool.

Basically a laser instrument that can give a fairly accurate measurement of a trees height. Extensively used in forestry and agricultural plantations.

This is the Nikon 550 used in forestry

But basically it just works out all the measurements that can be done through trigonometry. As per below:

Trigonometry in reality

Also you can get this application on iPhone now - called hypsometer app.

iPhone hypsometer application

There is so much more available IT applications to make measurements of trees that much easier.

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